I'm starting to train up to 10km again. Hoping to do at least a 7km this week. If everything goes to plan hopefully a 10km event 29th May. Also keeping up with week 5 of S&F. Happy healthy week to you all.

My week has gone well. I continue to run three times a week and am following my Asics plan. I am on course for my March 10k which I am really happy about.

I continue with stretches and foam roller work.....ouch!

I have done a Parkrun and intended running this past weekend, but it was cancelled due to ice. So I did a Sunday morning Parkrun on my own (freedom run) but did three laps instead of two.......7k sorted!!! I am very pleased with myself 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️

I started by using Ekhart Yoga's YouTube offerings and now have a paid subscription to their website. However my short (10-15 minute) daily session is something I put together myself based on their stuff (certainly with an eye to their programmes for runners) and do on the wooden floor of my bathroom. With some additions and variations I've been doing it for over four years. It's very gentle but I find it helpful and have back pain much less than I used to. I'd be no good with a weekly hour long class I had to show up and get changed for.

Brilliant thankyou! I have practiced some yoga with my son, who teaches yoga etc but he is now in Northern Thailand 😀 I just need something to get me going again! I am like you, unlikely to turn up for a regular class. I am determined to get something underway at least twice a week 👍🏼

Did an easy 9k this Sunday that gives me the confidence for the 10k I'm training for. Though I'm having to switch race after a wedding in now scheduled for that day. Gives me a few extra days training, no bad thing.

Took mother out for w1r1 this morning, she did great, but means I'll have to do my run this evening. Not a fan of evening running. But small price to pay.

I was doing so well... and then I DNF on a run last week. The Bupa plan said 40 minutes and I got to 35 and could not keep going. I was knackered. I came home and looked at what I had been doing and I'd been running more or less every other day since the start of the month - great, but not what I had been used to. I took advice from other Beyonders and it was "Rest!" I slept... and I slept... and I slept. However, I now have what appears to be a cold - sore throat, sniffles, cough - so I guess I was incubating that and I will feel better again soon. The problem is that it has mucked up my plan for the London Winter Run so I am stressing like mad about that - plus I am away at the end of this week so no running then either. Oh, well, I can just go and enjoy the experience, I suppose. I should be able to do the distance...

In other news, I have failed for the third time to go swimming, this time because both the printed and website timetables were wrong. My new approach will be to telephone them whenever I am thinking of going. I might do this twice, to speak to two different people!

Ack, the lurgy! It has hit so many people. I hope you recover quickly, but you are right, the fog makes it so much worse. We have been living in a cloud here for the last week or so, with one sunny day to remind us what the world looks like! Rest up until you are better - hope that is soon x

Well done on your kinetic challenge. The weather here has scuppered a few of my runs, but for me I just don't think it's worth taking a risk and with a lurgy you really have to be kind to yourself. Take care.

Managed the 3 runs that my HM plan wanted last week. As distances lengthen fitting them in time-wise is becoming a challenge - I'm not speedy at all which means a 10k run is a major commitment. Also its cold and icy which restricts when I can run as I don't want to risk a fall. This weeks major challenge is the 17k scheduled for Friday afternoon. This will be my longest ever, and I'm just a tad apprehensive ! (Have been doing 14 OK, and I have in the past done 16 but expect to be fighting off some gremlins.)

I'm with you, some of the HM runs for us are more like marathon training plans they do eat in to quite a chunk of a day. Remember that you need to fuel more than the average runner as well to compensate. Strangely enough for me the leap from 10-14 km was the worst 14-17 was no,problem at all. Good luck.

Have been having a banana on wholmeal bread before going out up until now, but figure that above 15k I need to experiment with fuel. My current plan is 3 dates every 5k and a slug of water. Does that sound reasonable to folk ? I don't like the sound of gels one little bit.

I would give it a go, we are all different. I'm not a big fan of dates so I went with dried mango, I found them less sickly than jelly babies. I had a little fuel every 2.5km after the first 7km. That's what worked for me. Also I changed from bought electrolyte tablets to 1/2 orange juice ( there are carbs in OJ) 1/2 water in my bottle mixed with 1 tsp salt. I felt more in control of what I was putting in my body. Now is the time to play around with it as well. I got up and did a simulated race day with my breakfast once and realised I really can't eat a big breakfast at 6am, so I ended up with toasted bagel before I left the house with marmite and an oat, banana, yogurt smoothie to chug on while on the tube trip to the event.

Gonna try it tomorrow. On minor issue might be that the race is in the morning, but 2 out of my 3 remaining long training runs need to be in the afternoon. But will do my best to mimic my plan by having banana on toast and a cereal bar before I go out. I guess a couple of dates every 3k won't do me any harm. OJ in the water bottle sounds like a good idea. Preferable to sports drinks which I find vile.

(Am staying at the Premier Inn the night before the Brighton HM but will restrict myself to porridge and banana on toast for brekkie. Deliberately chosen as 5 minues walk to start line so no early morning start needed.)

My quest got a bit redirected when someone (Frank NTJ) tagged me in the "Transform your running in 30 days" challenge. Then I got a cold, and donated some blood....struggling a bit with my runs at the moment, I'm sure I'll get back to where I was - eventually! The challenge has gone well, I just need a bit more ooomph to put it all into practise!

2 - to increase my distance towards 5k - well, kind of! I did get to 4k, but as both those runs were icy, I didn't run the entire distance. Hopefully I will be able to run the whole distance this week then I can push the distance a little further

This week I have done just one run, but 2 gym sessions and one Pilates class. Had 3 alcohol free days and no cake! As a result I have lost 1.5lb this week so I feel back on track. 😄 On new year's day I had a vitreous detachment in one eye so I have been a bit cautious about running as I didn't want to jiggle it around too much! That's my excuse anyway!

Me, I'm running 3times a week following my Asics plan for the 10k I'm doing with Curlygurly2 and Madge50 in Cambridge in mid-March. I do love a plan (as I've said umpteen times before) Lovely to read everyone else's progress x

Today's run went well also in Sunshine for a change. on a par with Sunday running for 43 1/2 minutes for 6 1/2 K. Managed 4 1/4 K run on Friday to work. Luckily pavements not frosty.

So all going to plan apart from still irregular plank exercises. Weight still at 10st 9lb which hope to get gradually down to pre xmas 10st 4lb . At least stopped going up. Last time the last few pounds took a long time to shift so not worried still feel good.

At one point the scales sort of "winked" at me briefly showing10st 8lb then returned to 10st 9lb ! Whipped off my dressing gown down to my birthday suit but again the scales "winked" at me 10st 8lbs and then went back to 10st 9lb !!

Just want the temperatures to finally stay at least a few degrees above freezing for more comfortable runs and make more progress. Don't like waiting till last minute to decide if need ice skates or trainers ??

My week has been OK but I only managed 2 runs for some reason, and I haven't made much progress on my goals.

1) Improve my 5k time (currently stuck at about 28minutes).

I'm still stuck just below 28 minutes, and not really shifting it at all. I'm thinking of doing some tempo runs or other intervals. I'm also using my gym work for some intervals on the cross trainer, bike and arm bike to improve my overall fitness too.

2) Run a couple more Parkruns.

I didn't do Parkrun this week as it fell on my rest day, but I did do a nice long walk with hubby in the countryside. So, so far this year I've only done two.

3) Increase my distance.

I ran on the Isle of Wight for the first time on Monday, and got in a fair distance, which I was pleased with. Map My Run tricked me into a longer than expected run on Friday too.

I'm hoping to take things easy this coming week, as I have a checkup at the hospital that I'm not looking forward too.